The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, April 17, 1900, Image 3
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You know
about it.
rush,
worry,
exhaustion.
You about
with a great
w'eicht resting upon
^you. You can’t throw
off this feeling. You
are a slave to your work.
Sleep fails, and you are
on the verge of nervous
exhaustion.
That is to be done?
Take
EASTER REJOICINGS.
DR. TALMAGE DISCOURSES ON THE
RESURRECTION OF CHRIST.
:*i':iwun of Spiritual Cliulnr** and
Hhuirat—\ ictory Over l)«*aih
u u a il:« Cirave—Tli <■ Mission of
Plow vr».
Wasuimiton. April 1-”. This sormon
of 1 >r. Tillinago ling^ all the lulls of
ghulm ss. ospocially appropriate at this
reason, when all Christendom Is cele
brating Christ's resuriTetioii; text,.1ohn
Nix. 41, *Tii the garden a new sepul
cher.'’
Looking around the churches tlds
morning, seeing llowcrs in wreaths
and liowers iu stars and flowers in
<•rosr.es and flowers in crowns, billows
of beauty, conflagration of beauty, you
letl if you stood in a small heaven.
You <ay these flowers \.ill fade, ^es,
hut perhaps you may see them again.
They may l>o immortal,
of the
fl A \V # V
The fragrance
flower may he the spirit of the
the l.odv of the flower dying on
■ pint may appear
do not sav it will
be
M".-
For fifty years it has
been lifting up the dis
couraged, giving rest to
the overworked, and
bringing refreshing sleep
to the depressed.
No other Sarsaparilla
approaches it. In age
and in cures, ‘“Ayer’s” is
“the leader of them all.”
It was old before other
sarsaparillas were born.
$1.00 a boltle. All dreiglsts.
Ayer’s Pills aid the ac
tion of Ayer’s Sarsapa
rilla. They cure bilious
ness. 25 cti. c to*.
•' I have used Ayer’s medicine? for
more than 40 yenrs ai:d liave said
from the very'start that you made
the best medicines in the vni 'cl. I
am sure jour S..rsaj.;.i i. i seved my
life wh tn i tint took i l y< it at o.
I am now pant 7'* :■!' 1 am never
without vour medi< i:. r • . ’
l i; am; Tmouas. P. M.,
Jan. ~-t. i 99. J i.ou, Ivensaa.
Vf-ftoihe Doctor
If yo; Iihvc any (•(.tnp'aiiit vliatever
an<l «lrbu>* tlie t*' st nit tilc.ti s* vice yoi
ean posseb'y receive, write the ct.eti.r
f .e.ety. You will re mvc a j r. ient ro-
plv, v> it'iort rest Addre»«.
lUt. J C. AY I h. Lowell, Mass.
better
s<>. 1
so. j : e tuieestors of
■roses and camellias and ja-
id jasmines and heliotropes
in paradise. These apostles
«,f beauty eame down In the regular
line of apt tolic saeeessif.n. '1 htar au-
eestors during the flood, underground,
afterward appeared.
The world started with Eden; it will
ailed a
ho
Heaven
I>!1
IS <
end with lldeti.
jiaradise of Cod. Paradise means flow
ers. While theological geniuses in this
(lay are trying to blot <>ut everything
material frori titedr Idea ef heaven,
and, so far as 1 ean tell, their future
state Is to he a floating around some
where between the Creat Hear and
Cassiopt la. 1 should not he s urprised
if at last 1 ean pick up a daisy on the
“I am
earth.
dliped
HO.”
everlasting hills and hear it say:
one of the glorified flowers of
Don’t you remember me? I wor
with you on Haster morning in It
My text itdiodr.ees us into a garden.
<t Is a manor in the suburbs of .b ru-
.Mtlem owned !>v a wealthy gentleman
till!
name of
court of
Joseph.
seventy
belong. 1
had eon-
Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB,
Dentist,
Office over R. A. Joues & Co’s Store.
Cat) befonpd at ofilee six days In the wrek
DR. J.
Gaffney,
Office oxer J
In office i
ui. nth
F. GARRETT
Dentist,
S. C.
It. Tolh son’s new store
rorn 1st to i''.\
of each
J. CDOH WAl.nACK. ,i. couskmus Otts.
WALLACE & OTTS,
LAWYERS.
Alt teistness lutrnsted to us. glvon pro» : '
and vigoi us at 1 ntio:,. Oth upstuiis. next
V) K. A. Joe .- A Co. ’Phoue fT.
JAMES A. WILLIS,
at to :m:y at i aw,
C i W I-'IC\' , trA <_:.
Notary I’uUHe in o H 1 '*'. Pro j)' it', nt <wi
given to all busiiu vs.
effitcc over It. A. Jones A C o.’s store.
HARDIN k McWhorter,
^Vt 1
GAFFNEY, - - S. C.
Mouc y (a) Dll rity jt :t; t rlat*\
-Olliceovcr It. A. Jones /v r'o.’b Storp.
’demeed L'iirist. hut he had voted in the
negative, or. being a timid man. had
ah. i nteil himself when the vote was to
he t::ki n. At great expense he laid out
the garden, it being a hot climate, I
mi].; t t! • re were trees broad branch
ed, and there were paths winding un-
dor these trees, and here and there
were writers dripping down over the
ro'-ks into lish ponds, and there were
vim and flowers blooming from the
vail, and all around the beauties of
kiosk and arboriculture. After tin* fa
tigues of the Jerusalem courtroom,
how refreshing to come into tills sub-
urban retreat, botanical and pomolog-
icall
Wandering In the garden. 1 behold
some rocks which have on them the
mark of the sculptor’s chisel. 1 eeme
nearer, and i find there is a subterra
nean n cess. 1 come down the marble
steps, and 1 come to a portico, over
which there is an architruv
chisel cut into i
and flowers. 1
i
oy the
•presentations of fruits
eater the portico. On
is n broken tomb.” "T tenth, taking side
with the military In that light, received
a terrible cut from the angel’s sjiear of
flame, so that he himself shall go down
lift! r awhile under it. The king of ter-
r*»rs retiring before the king of grace!
The Lord is risen! Let earth and
heaven keep Master today! Hosanna!
Some things strike my observation
while standing In this garden with a
new scpulclwr. And. first, post mor
tem honors iu contrast with ante mor
tem ignominies. If they could have af
forded Christ such a costly sepulcher,
why could not they have given him an
earthly residence? Will they give this
piece of marble to a dead Christ in-
Mead f a soft pillow for the living Je
sus? If they had expended half the
xalue of that tomb to make Christ com
fortable, it would not have been so sad
a story. He asked bread; they gave
him a stone.
Christ, like most of the world's bene
factors, was appreciated better after
he was dead. Westminster abbey and
monumental(Jreenwood are the w orld's
attempt to atone by honors to the dead
h r wrongs to the living. Loot's cor
ner in Westminster abbey attempts to
1 iy for the sufferings of birub street.
Co through that Loot's corner In
Wi Minin, ter abbey. There Is Handel,
the great musician, from whose music
von hoar tudav: but while 1 look at his
I
statue 1 cannot help bu* think of the
discords with which his fellow musi
cians tried to destroy him. There is
the tomb of John Drydeu, a beautiful
monument: but I cannot help but think
at To years of age he wrote of his be
ing oppressed in fortune and 6f the
contract that he had just made for a
thousand verses at sixpence a line.
And there, too. you find the monument
of Saimu l Lath r, the author of “Hudi-
bras;” hut while 1 look at his monu
ment in Loot's corner 1 cannot but ask
myself where he died. In a garret.
There 1 see the costly tablet in the Lo-
et's corner- tin* costly tablet to one of
whom the celebrated Waller wrote:
“The old blind schoolmaster, John Mil
ton, has just issued a tedious poem on
the fall of man. If the length of it be
no virtue, it has none.” There is a
beautiful monument to Sheridan. Poor
I Sheridan! If he could have only dis-
eounted that monument for a mutton
chop!
Justice to the I,l\iiig,
Oh, you unliiial children, do not give
your parents so much tombstone, but a
few more blankets—less funeral and
more bedroom! If per cent of the
money we now spend on Barns’ ban
quets could have been expended in
making the living Scotch poet comfort
able, he would not have bceu harried
with the drudgery of an exciseman.
Horace Orceley, outrageously abused
while living, v. lieu dead is followed to
ward <ircciiwimd by the president of
the United States and the 1 ading men
of the army and navy. Massachusetts
tries to atone at the grave of Charles
Sumner for the ignominious resolu
tions with which her legislature de
nounced the living senator. Do you
think Coat the tomb at Springfield can
pay f /!' Booth's bullet?
Oh, do justice to the living! All the
justice you do them you must do this
sale the g Mrs of the Necropolis. They
cannot wake up to count the number
D. K.lniucaii. (J. I-*.Sane:( is. W.Unll. Jr.
DUNCAN. SANDERS & HALL,
Attorney s-at-Law.
Office over .J. 1L Tom-sun's A < 'o.'s Store.
nos. I;, m n.in.
I! P.SUY K. OsKOItNK
EiiTilil &
LAWYERS.
Prompt situ i.i .01. gi
trusted to us. Neiiiry
ten all lnish.ess
Public In otiiee.
J. E. WEBSTER.
J\ tt orno.v- A i - I vii w*
Office la Court Houst. (Pi' n.'t" J u lg» » office
Gaffney City, S. C.
Practices in all the courts. Collec
tions u specialty
J. C. JEFFERIES *F
GAFFNEY, S. C.
Comxicrciul Corporation l.:»vv
It'.ai Kstato Law.
Mum y Ur loan on approvotl security.
Rutledge Sc. Smith Shop.
can do lour shoclnj/. lire setting, wheel
oiling. Vehicles ami implements i-cpaiii d
and painti <1. 1
you to give me n trial. Lame
lenses and rnuli s examined
fit e for all patrons. Your
'IVlOlU* V ’ good
LViliU
W. 'L.
Yoiii .s for pleasantness,
'J'i I< >.M !»>;< >x.
A. N. WOOD.
BANKER,
poea » gent ral Uaoklng and EscbMgc
miuess '\ * ll secured witli Burglar-
rTOof h; fo and Autorjtali. ! ime Lock
Haf<*ty Deposit Po*. n si mo ierate
rent.
Rnya and sella ,s iir:dBofiiia
B ;ys Count y ami School Uiaiujs.
Your busmobs aoiiclted.
cither lid.* there nre rooms-two or
four or six rooms of rock, the wills of
these rooms having niches, each niche
large enough to held a dead body.
Here is one room that is especially
wealthy of sculpture.
Moat < elt brated Tomb
The* fact Is that Joseph realizes he
cannot always walk this garden, and
he has provided this place for his last
slumber. Oh, what a beautiful spot In
which to wait for the coming ef the
n Mirrcction! Mark well this tomb,
for it is to I 1 the most ech brated tomb
In all tin* ages, f’alacomhs of Mgypt,
tomb of Napoleon, Mahal TuJ of India,
nothing compared wi’h it. Christ has
just been murdered, and his body will
he thrown to the dog.-, and the ravens,
like other crucified bodies, unless there
be prompt and efficient hindrance. Jo
seph. the owner of this mausoleum in
the reeks, begs for the body of Christ.
He wa kes the poor, mutilated frame
from the du.-t and blood, shrouds it
and perfumes it.
1 think that regular embalmment
was omitted. When in olden time a
body was to be embalmed, the priest,
with some pretension of medical skill,
would point out the place between the
ribs where the Incision must lie made,
and then the operator, having made
the incision, ran lest he be* slain for a
violation of the dead. Then the* other
priest,: would come with salt of niter
and cassia aim wine of palm tree and
complete the* embalmment. But l
think this embalmment of the body of
Christ was omitted. It would have
raised another contention and another
i lot.
The funeral hastens on. Present, I
think, Joseph, the owner of the* mau
soleum; Nicodemus, the wealthy man
who had brought the sp ees, and th,e
two Marys. No organ dirge, no plumes,
no catafalque. Heavy burden for two
men as they carry Christ's body down
tin* marble stairs and into the portico
and lift the dead weight to the level of
the niche In the rock and push the
body of Christ into the only pleasant
resting place* it ever had. Coming
forth from the portico, they close* tho
door of rock against the* recess.
The government, afraid that the dis
ciples may steal the body of Christ
and play resurrection, order the* seal
of the sanhedrin to be put upon tho
door of the tomb, the violation of that
seal, like the violation of the i*eal of
tin* government of the* Lulled States or
Creat Britain, to he* followed with
great punishment. A company of sol
diers from the tower of Antonia is ele-
tailcd to stand guard.
Tli Sanhcilrln*» St-ul.
At the door of the maii oleiim a fight
takes place which .iecldc. the* question
for all graveyards and cemeteries,
(sword of lighlning against sword of
! stub Angel against military. No seal
of letter was ever more easily broken
than that seal of the sanhedrin on the
| door cf the tomb. The* dead body in
tin* niche li the rock begins to move iu
1 its shroud of line* linen, slides down
Upon the pavement, moves out of the
portico, appears in the doorway, ad
vances Into the open air, comes up the
imirbl** steps. Having left Ids mortu
ary iittiro behind him, he comes forth
In workman's garb, as 1 take it, from
the fact that the women mistook him
for the gardener.
'JhnI day the grave received such
shattering It can never be rebuilt. Ail
the trowels of earthly masonry can
never mend It. Loicycr pud forever It
of carriages at the obsequies or to no
tice tin* poll:-!) of the Aberdeen granite
or to read cpitaphal commemoration.
C*. utiemaii’s mausoleum in the suburbs
of Jerusalem cannot pay for Bethle
hem manger and Calvurcau cross and
Lilate’s ruffian judiciary. Lost mor
tem honors cannot atone for ante mor
tem ignominies.
Again, standing in this garden of the
sepulcher, I am impressed with the
fact that lioral and arborescent decora
tions are appropriate for the place of
the dead. We are glad that among
flowers and sculptural adornments
Christ spent the short time of his inhu
mation.
1 cannot understand what I some
times see in the newspapers where the
obsequies a re an non need and the friends
say in connection with it, ‘‘Send no
flowers,” Bather, if the means allow—
1 say if the means allow—strew the
cashet with flowers, the hearse with
flowers, the grave with flowers. Lut
them on the brow—It will suggest coro
nation; iu their hand—it will mean vic
tory.
Christ wm, burn d in 4 garden. Flow*
ers mean resurrection. Deatli Is sad
enough anyhow. Let conservatory am]
arboretum contribute to its alleviation.
The ban hell will ring the victory; the
passion flower will express the sympa
thy; the daffodil will kindle Its lamp
and illumine the darkness. The cluster
<4 asters will he the constellation.
Your little child loved flowers when
she was living. Lut them in her hand
now that she c;<n go forth no more and
pluck them for herself. On sunshiny
days take a fresh garlahd and put It
over the still heart.
U li ere It CHt l In- IH-uiL
Brookl.vn has 110 grander glory than
its Oreenv ,0 I. nor Boston than its
Mount Auburn, nor Lhiladelphia than
its Lann I Hill, nor Cincinnati than Its
Bpring Drove, nor Ban Francisco Ilian
its Lone Mountain. But what shall we
say to those country graveyards with
the vines broken down and the slab
aslant and the mound caved In and
the grass a pasture ground for the sex
ton’s cattle? Indeed, were your father
and mother of so little worth that you
cannot afford to take care of then
ashes? Home day turn out all bunds
and straighten the slab and hank up
the mound and cut away the weeds
and plant the shrubs and flowers.
Some day you will want to lie down
to your last slumber. You cannot cx-
p<'t any respect for your bones if you
have no dcferruci* for the Corns of
your nm < Mry. Do you think these rel
ies are of no Importance? You will
see of how much Importance they are
in the day when the archang 1 takes
out his trumpet. Turn all your ceme
teries into gardens.
Again, standing ip this garden of the
new sepulcher, I am l"ipressed with
the dignity of private and unpretending
obsequies
Joseph was mourner, sexton, livery
man had entire charge 1 f everything.
Only four people tit the burial of the
King of the Fn!verse. Oh, let this be
consolatory to those who through lack
of means or through lack of acquaint
ance have but Utile demonstration of
grief at the graves of their loved ones.
Long line of glittering equipage, two
rdws of silver handles, casket of rich-
c.-t wood, pi) 11 hearers gloved and scarf
ed, arc not necessary. If there be 1 lx
til the grave, Llirlst looks down from
heaven and remember* that Is two
more than were at his obsequies.
Kvt I'vyogidzing this Idea, how ynajiy
small properties are scattered and wid
owhood and orphanage go forth Into
cold charity! The departed left a small
property, which would have been
enough to keep the family together un
til they could take care of themselves,
hut the funeral exi>enses absorbed ev
erything. That went for crape which
ought to have gone for bread. A man
of moderate means can hardly’ afford
to die In any of our great cities. By
all means, do honor to the departed,
but do not consider funeral pageant as
necessary. No one was ever more lov
ingly and tenderly put away to sepul
cher than Christ our Lord, but there
were only four people In the proces
sion.
Again, standing In this garden with a
new sepulcher, I am Impressed with
the fact that you cannot keep the dead
down.
The I’reflit unit ion.
Seal of sanhedrin, company of sol
diers from the tower .<f Antonia, floor
of rock, roof of rook, walls of rock,
door of rock, cannot keep Christ in the
crypts. Come out and eor.e up he
must. Come out and come up he did.
Lrofiguration. First fruits of them
that slept. Just as certainly as we
come down Into the dust, just so ci -
talnly we wii! come up again. Though
.•ill the granite of the mountains were
idled on us we will rise. Though bur
ied amid the corals of the deepest cav
ern of the Atlantic ocean, we will come
to the surface.
With these eyes wo may cot look Into
the face cf the noonday sun, Lut we
shall have stronger vision, because the
tamest thing iu the la’*J to which we
go will U* brighter than the sun. We
shall have bodies with the speed of the
lightning. Our bodies Improved, ener
gized, swiftened, clarified—mortality,
immortality. The door of the grave
taken off its hinges and flung flat into
the dust.
Oh, my brethren, death and the grave
j are not so much as they used to he;
for while wandering in this garden
with the new sepulcher I find that the
vines and flowers of the garden have
completely covered up the tomb. In
stead of one garden there are four gar
dens. opening into each other—garden
of lldeu, garden of the world's sepul
cher, garden of the earth’s regenera
tion. garden of heaven. Four gardens.
Bloom, O earth! Bloom, O heaven!
Oh, my friends, wake up to gladness
on this Faster morning! This day, If I
interpret it t ight, means joy—it means
peace with heaven, and it means peace
with all the world.
Oh, bring more flowers! Wreathe
them around the brazen throat of the
eannen; plant them In the desert, that
it may blossom like the rose; braid
them into the mane of the returned
war charger. No more red dahlias of
human blood. Give us white lilies of
peace. All around the earth strew
Faster flowers. And soon the rough
voyage of the church militant will be
ended, and she will sail up the heaven
ly harbor, scarred with many a con
flict, hut the flag of triumph floating
from her top"*! ' .its. All heaven will
come out to greet her into port, and
with a long reverberating shout of w el
come will say: “There she comes up
the l ay, the glorious old ship Zlou!
After tempestuous voyage she drops
anchor within the veil.”
[Copyright. 1900, by Louis Klopsch.)
TLoukLI He Wnii a I'aue.
When the Marquis of Hipon in an
amiable way wandered about the Mas
sachusetts state-house one afternoon iu
the spring of FS71, he sat down beside
a young man who was occupying a cor
ner of one of the leather sofas. The
young man had a bright face, with a
quizzical look to his mouth, and now
and tIji'ti a twinkle came to his eye as
be talked. The marquis talked a little
condi .-eeudingly to* the young man at
first and in a moment betrayed the fact
that he thought his companion was a
page.
“But I am a senator,” sard the youDjr
man, smiling.
“What!” said the nobleman Iu aston-
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
r<*o|>ln You Know and People You Don’t
Know.
Mrs. R. M. Gaffney went to Spar
tanburg Saturday to visit relatine
and friends.
W. C. S. Wood, of Grassy Pond,
made a business trip to the city Friday
George 0. Hames, a young farmer
of State Line, paid us a visit yester
day.
Samuel Hopper, Jr., an irrepress
ible and irreproachable typograpical
artist of The Ledger office, and J.
Lucian Hopper, the inimitable wit,
went to Waynesville, N. C., Sunday
to visit their parents. And now shult
there be desolation throughout the
land,
U. J. Kirby of Sunny Side, was
among his friends in the city Friday.
James S. Oglesby and J. C. Lut- |
ram. o f Cowpens, were pleasant call- |
ers at thb office Satu* - lay
WALNUT WOOD IS DEAR.
▲ Good Grove of Trees Will ISrloK n
Siiuk Fortune Any Day.
Indiana timber land, which was con
sidered the best In the country, is 1k.*-
Ing so rapidly denuded of the once
splendid forests of hard wood timlH*r
that speculators are seeing the advan
tage of gobbling up everything that
may be got in the way of timber tracts.
The walnut and hickory of Indiana
and Ohio are considered the best that
can be had, and the monster poplars
w’hich once formed the nucleus for tin-
log heap fire are now worth individu
ally more as they stand than the acres
they occupy will bring when cleared,
many u \ oplar tree selling for $100 be
fore an ax touched it.
i h<* walnut that was once so ph uM
ful that barn timbers, house sills, fence
rails, etc., were made from it Is becom
ing exceedingly scarce, and curled wii-
nut stump! have brought ah .ost fabu-
F.ank Beam, a successful farmer cf 1 lous prices, while iii'*kory of the shell-
ishment, looking at the smooth face of
the young man.
“I am a senator, elected from a dis
trict in the city of Boston,” was the
reply again.
“Were you born iu the city, too?”
said the marquis.
“.Vo.”
“Where, then7”
“In the island next to yours,” with a
sharp look and a laugh iu his eye. The
marquis laughed heartily, too, and ho
made mental note of the name and
face of young I’a trick A. Collins. When
the two met in England In the summer
of 1SS7, Mr. Collins had u warm wel
come from the man whq had taken him
for a page in the state semi.a 16 years
Ix-fon*. When General Collins was
l uited States consul general at Lon
don, the acquaintance was renewed
and the incident of years before laugh
ed over.—Saturday Evening Rost-
Grindp.i, was in the city Friday.
Paul Fariatt ana H>rry Byars
made a Hying ’rip to Shelby, N. 0..
Sunday and*, are inf-rmea didn't
uiigiit. They w-.ro m-t at the city
limits by the city officials and not
ev-.-n perm it ted to ge. dinner, much
less attend to the business they had
gone on
J. G. Love, a Broad rive • planter o'
Smith’)- Ford, came in to see us while
11 the cn 1 Friday.
Richard Barnes, of Asbury, one of
Cherokee’s most sterling farmers,
was in to see us Saturday.
J. S. Harris, of Goforth, a progres-
s ve Cherokee farmer, was a Ledger
visitor Friday.
1). Baxter Wood, a prominent
business man of Pacolet, was in the
city yesterday on business.
Fred i^aris, of Ezells, one of the
successful farmers of this county,
was in the city Friday with a wagon
load of white peas for sale, Mr.
Paris’ peas are of an early variety,
which he Las been carefully cultiva
ting for severs! years.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Sam Lipscomb,
of Asbury, visited their daughters at
Limestone College Friday.
W. L. Woodson, of Atlanta, man
ager of the American Press Associa
tion, was in Gaffney Saturday and
visited several places of interc*st in
the city. He expressed himself a'
surprised at the size of Gaffney, the
magnitude and diversity of our man
ufacturing industries, our big busi
ness houses, our schools and Lime
stone College and the generally well
equipped condition of the city for
business.
C. Cash, an extensive merchant
and farmer of lizclls, paid us a visit
Hat urday.
Mr. find Mr*. B. M. Poole, of I.awn,
honored The Ledger with a visit Fri
day.
FdUr. Sidney G. Harratt, of Sarratt’r,
a popular young physician and exten
sive and progrssive farmers spent
Suidiy and yesterday in the city
with his sisters and brothers, oq
Limesto ie street.
Mr, Hugh Moore, who was outside
manager for the Doctors Curtis when
they conducted the Limestone Springs
Female High School away hack in
lire fifties, and now one of Cherokie s
old, and most highly respected citi-
z:ns, paid The Ledger an appieclat- d
visit Friday.
Rev. Mr. Giadinghagin left yester
day for Columbia, where lie expects
to labor in the city and surrounding
country in ministerial and missionary
work.
Basil Pettit, of Ravenna, one of
Cherokee’s very best fanners, accom
panied by his bright little son, Clar
ence, came in to see The Ledger Fri
day.
Dr. Lie Davis Lodge and Capt. H.
P. Griffith spent Saturday in Spar
tanburg.
W. C. Thompson left his farms in
York and Chester counties the last
of last week and came up home to
spend a few days iu the city with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Thomp
son, on Race street.
E. P. Macomson, Esq., of Mercer,
was in the city a short time Friday.
John Thomas K u PP e . of Maud,
was a visitor to this office Saturday.
Uncle Thomas D. Goudelock, of
Gowdysville, came up to the city Fri
day looking after business and paid
bark variety can scarcely be found in
some of t e hot section-’.
Las’ year’s puichasc* by a Goshen
find.) film of 55 standing walnut trees
near the northern In-liana IP <• for $lo,-
cX»0 ahd the handsome sma they make
out ol the handling of tills rare clump
of trees have proved au incentive in
the search for timber !» other direc
tions. Grant county furnished a no
ticeable instance in the sale of the
1,030 acres of virgin forest on the
Wood tract, the last large forest iu In
diana, for $00,000. A New York linn
bought the walnut timber where it
stood for $53,O K). Four hundred acres
of land the timber being reserved by
the seller, sold for $20,000, and there
remain 030 acres of the best timlx r In
Indiana, the walnut alone being sold
from it. The buyers will clear $50,000
by their deal iu that timber.
Where years ago the lumbermen
went for only large tracts they are now
content with Individual trees, and
wherever there is a notably line forest
monarch of the desirable variety its
whereabouts become widely known,
and the competition to secure it is very
sharp. -Chicago Record.
Antlca of a Palace (’nr.
A remarkable accident happened on
the incoming International passenger
train the other day when within ten
miles of Laredo. The train was com
ing down a steep grade, running 40
miles an hour, when the Pullman rear
coach, because of spreading of the
rails, left the track, ran the length of
two telegraph poles <utsiile of the
crossties, was jerked hack across to
the other side of the track and inn for
some distance at au aiude of 15 degrees
on a ’Jo foot <'nhani.ii.t W'l.-en a
CUlvert 2l» feet . 1, tho
Pullman rnt 1 i t ’v 1 and
ere* sed on the < e.,;i , nearly'
every one of them in tv.o piece.-:. Four
telegraph poles biyond :he culvert was
a switch, upon which the Pullman re
gained therails jin-* as tin engineer suc
ceeded in bringing his fain to a stand
still. The Pullman was full of passen
ger:, and not one of them was hurt.—
Galveston News.
I.futlier ileltinic.
The average life of first class leather
belting, nimfiug indoors and under or
dinary conditions, is ten years. Belts
subjected to acid fumes would last a
much shorter time than that, and, oq
the other baud, iu especially favoring
Circumstances a belt might last much
longer. There was taken dow n In New
York not long ago a leather belt that
had been running 24 years. This, how
ever, was something unusual.
As is the ease with pretty much ev
erything that is made and sold, leather
belting may he bought secondhand, the
secondhand belts coining Into the mar
ket naturally enough through the re
fitting of factories, through the substi
tution of belts of one width for those
of another, and so on. (Secondhand
belts that have not been much used
sell for not very much less than new
belt;:. Their price decreases, of course,
according to the wear to which they
have been subjected. Wheu a leather
belt ceases to he uh ful as a belt, it (g
likely to he sold to he cut up Into hoot
heels, what there Is left of It after that
going to the scrap heap.—New York
Hun.
t lluril*i»rkln|i Millionaire.
Few rich men work harder than John
11. Rockefeller, the Standard Oil Crue-
feu*. and certainly no other New York
Uiiilloiiafi’c is personally so little In evi-
vl- tiec as lu*. Nearly every day he puts
|ii it lengthy period at his office In low
er Broadway, and even the days he Is
absent me usually passed In business
pursuits elsewhere. There Is therefore
color of truth lu the report that he ik;-
eently sighed for a man to look after
his Interests, offering to ’viv an miutiul
salary of $1,000,000 for su< 11 service.—
Chicago Chronicle..
The Ledger a visit.
Will Brown, a young farmer and
cattle man of Ravenna, was in the
city yesterday.
Joseph T. Love, a prominent eiti-
zen of (jiive, Chester county, was in
the city Friday on a visit to Mr. Clin
ton Good and family.
Howard A. Littlejohn, of Florence,
is in the city on a visit to his parents,
Dr. and Mrs. C. M. Littlejohn, <m
Limestone Street. Howard has
many friends in his old home city
who are glsd to see him.
J. D. McCullough, of Barratt, a
successful Broad river farmer, calk d
to see The Ledger Friday. .
Tom J,.McAllister, once a popular
salesman in tho Company Store to
Gaffney but who now has a similar
position in the Clifton* Company
Store, was with his many friends lu
tho city yesterday.
David Gaston, a bright and hustling
young business man of Blacksburg,
paid The Ledger a pleasant call Fri
day while in the city.
Tit For Tut.
Sometimes the girls here and there
have organized societies for the pur
pose of mutually’ declining to receive
the attentions of young men who
siieuid it fuse to sign total abstinence
pled,*;*.*-. It is now for the boys to m*at-
ly turn the tables by declining to pay
attention to any girl wearing the‘wings
or feathers of one of our song birds in
her hat. The vice of intemperance is
not so very much worse than the hide
ous vanity which in its thoughtlessness
of cruelty sacrifices the choristers of
the forest for Its gratification.—Lhilu-
delphia Record.
S. C. & G. E. R. R. CO.
Schedule No. 4.
In Effect ja:ei A. M.. Sunday,December 24th, ’og
Between Camden,S.C. and Blacksburg,S.C.
WEST. LAST
3.V
:j:i
a 4.
KA STL It A' TIM K,
J- STATIONS.
r- i c r.
I
! t*. M. 1*.
' v: -i',| 5
l*. II. 1 C. M.
si) 12 50 . CAMDEN.,
s .'ib 1 j 15 . DLKALH .... 12 e;
u ail Hr . WLsTvu.bK . 11:0
0 50; 140 • • K LUSHA W 11;;-,
2 10 HEATH SPRINGS It 20
2 II .PLKASANT HILL It 15
2 35 .. .LANCASTER 10 55
2 50 lUVEKSIDL 10 4<i
;j <0 . SPUING 1>LLL.. I 10 50
5 10 CAT AW UA .II’NG’N
10 501
11 901
It :>V
12 50
I 00
1 20
2 m
2 50
:i 10
4 w!
4 45
5 SO
0 (Oi
li ar»l
l< 35 j
7 00
Pi
:i ao
:j lo
3 55
4 02
4 20
1 ii
4 50
a oo
5 so
LESLIE
ROCK HILL
.... NEW l'OUT'
.. Tj HZ AH
YOPvKVILLE
..SHAKON
HICKORY GROVE
SMYRNA
.. HLArKSlM'UO
P. M P M.
10 :io 12 20
iO Iu. ll oo
10 oo 10 40
9 55 S 20
9 50 S l^i
9 l.V 7 30
5 00) 0 5o
s 45 0 -J)
s 35; « (41
s 15 5 30
A. M. | A. M.
Between Blacksburg,S.C., and Marion,N.C.
WEST.
11 a».
3
:V4.
EAST.
12.
EASTERN TIME.
STATIONS.
45
ri
Kltchfiivr'a Hyv»,
One of the peculiarities of Lord
Kitchener is that he never mentions
himself, says a contributor to Mainly
About People. 1 beard the other day,
however, of the one exception he ever
made to this rule. It was iu Egypt,
and they were on the hunt for an Im
portant sheik, whose capture was tor
the moment of vital lmi»ortMiice. When
Kitchener had given a full description
of the sheik, aomelrody still expressed
a doubt as to whether they would ever
be able to recognize the man amid the
Innumerable turbans and jebbuhs
which are the common wear lu the
land of the Arabs. “Oil/' said Kltck
cncr, “you'll he sure to recognize him!
He has very blue eyes—almost as blue
as mine!”
Few wed Cliurcli Fpoprrtf.
Wheu the sexton opened the Norwe
gian Lutheran church for prayer ipect*
tug the other night, he found the ehalra,
pews, organ and even hyiuubooks gone.
He discovered tin- missing articles In
u local pawnshop, where thieves got
$50 on them. They represented them
selves as deacons eager to raise funds
for the church, which, they said, was
in finuueial distress.- Denver Post
a m i* a.
s Id 5 30
h au
* 401
9 at;
to oo
10 to
JO 25,
Jo 50'
)l 15
11 35
11 4V
12 05
12 25
12 V)
p. a.
WEST.
1st ( kiss.
1ft. 13.
5- J-- = .'-c
Cx = -ul =
HLA< KSIH’ltO
EARLS
~ sT-
.- rz ■- '
z* = -r. 5
u '7. +*
5 50 PATTERSON Sp-GS 7
i’. im CLJ L' I i»v r
SAtLLRY . .... I
... LATTIMOKK
. MOORESIMJRO.
HENRIETTA
FOREST erry
Rt TUI lH (JRDTON
MILLWOOD
GOLDEN VALLEY
THERMAL‘Try
GLEN wool)....
MARION
P.
Gaffney Division,
EASTERN TIME.
STATIONS.
EAST.
I ->1 <
I*. IS.
K. *
'J.
1 00 0 00 ItLACKSUUHG 7 50 3 00
120 «20 CHEROKEE FALLS 7 :to 2 40
140 t) 40 .GAFFNEY 7 lo 2 20
P M A M , A M I* M
Train No. 32 leaving Marlon. N. < at 5 a. in.
making <-1ok.- i-oauix-timi sit liiaokobnrg. S
will) the Southern's train No. irtl for Char
lotte, V and aM point* Lnot. uud eomu-ot-
Ing with the Southern's vi-htlhule going to
Atlanta, Ga.. amt nil point* W. *r, and will
receive passengers going East from train
No. lUonthuC. & N. W. K. K., at Yorkvllle,
S. at * 45 a. rn.. nmi conm is ;it < aiinh-n,
K. ('., with the Southern's Irnin No. 7* arriv
ing 111 Charleston S. C., at *17 p. m,
Train No. :i4 wtih passengerot-aoi: atun-hed,
leaving Jllitt'kshiirg at 5..M) u. in., ond cou-
nci-tlng at Rock IIM. F. ('., with the South
ern's Florida train for nil points South.
Train No. 33 leaving Cwmleu, M 12.50
p, nt.. after the arrival of the Southern'*
< hurh-sP>n train connects :it Lani-n*ier, S.
C., with the L. A C. R. R ; at Catawki .Inert
Ion with the H. A. I.., going Lust, at KoeU
Hill, S.C.. wltti the Southern’s train No. 34
for charlotte, ,\. uud all isdnt* Fist.
Connects lit Yorkvllle, S. with irnin No. !)
on tho (V A N. W. )(. R , for Chester, K. C. At
lUackshurg with the Southern's vest 11 Mile
going F:isl, and the Southern’s trsln No. 35
going West, and connecting »i Marlon, N. (>.,
with the Southern Istlh Lust and Wo*t.
h.tMl'L*. IltVf,
Preside lit.
4. Tat IFF.
* i.uei in te udeu t.
* M. H. LtMi’LlN,
Uea'L Fasseager Agent.
VTliPu TbiiiKs Go Wi-oiik.
Worry Is the twin sister of nervous
ness. Neither should ever enter Into
the daily life of any one. God, in his
all wise pr -v : ’. nee. put the head of a
human being on lop. that all beneath it
might be subservient to it. There is
something wrong above the eyes, in
the region of the will power, when one
becomes nervous in the sense of excit
ability. “Know thyself” is good; con
trol thyself is better. Worry and ex
citement never aided any one. Any
fool can get along when everything Is
all right, but it takes a wise man, a
level headed man, to get along and not
worry or become nervous when every
thing is all wrong. — Ladies’ Homo
Journal.
Why do you...
send yout- job printing out of
town when can you
get
it done
at home as cheat) and in as good
stylo ".s you can away from
home i Send for a Ledger rep
resentative the next time you
want job printing and give a
home enterprise a chance.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY,
Co ode cmeii Schedule of Pmseng,r Tralao.
In EiTed Dec. 10,1899.
Vea.
No. 18.
FstMa
Northbound.
No. 12.
No. 3*?.
Ex.
No. 34.
Daily
Daily
Sun.
Dally.
Lv Atlanta.(,T
7 a
12 Mm
4 3*J p
11 50 p
“ Atlanta,FT
H !AJ j
1 00p
6 30 p
6 21 p
12 5) a
“ Norcrosa
5 30 a
1 24 a
•* Buford.
10 05 a
7 03 p
1 63 a
“ Oa!a<>evllle
10 25 a
2 25 p
7 33 p
2 1ft a
“ Lula...
10 58 a
2 45p
8 OUp
8 30 p
2 88a
** Cornelia...
11 35 i
*’ Mt Airy.
11 30 a
8 35 p
Lv Toocoa
11 53 a
3 33 p
9 OOp
3 2Sa
Ar. EjOoi tou.
Lv. Kflierton...
9 0) a
5 40 p
11 45 a
Lv W iuiu*ter
12 blm
4 04 a
“ Seneca.
12 62 p
4 15 p
4 28a
" Central.,..
1 4i) p
4 55a
" Greenville
2 34 p
6 22 p
6 00a
*• Spar'hurg .
8 37 p
6 13 p
. . # , f „ . .
7 03a
*• Gaffney..
4 20 p
C 48p
.......
7 45a
“ Blacksburg
4 3ft p
7 02 p
.....
8 02 a
“ King's Mt..
6 03 p
. .......
8 27 a
" Ga^ionia..
6 26 p
.......
8 61 at
" Charlotte..
8 150 p
8 18 p
. .......
» 60 a
Ar Gre'uahoro
V 55 p
10 47 p
....
12 2Jp
Lv Gre'm-boro
11 45 p
Ar. Norfolk . .
—
8 25 a
Ar Danville..
11 25 p
11 66 p
1 38 p
Ar. Richmond..
00 a
6 00 a
6 25 p
— •> w*-.*-—
—— ' ■
— ——
—
Ar W’hiogton.
.......
6 42 a
8 50 p
“ li'moic PR
8 00a
......
11 25 p
’• Ph’delphia.
10 15 u
2 64 a
** New York.
• • . a • • •
12 4 ni
# 23a
FstMa
Ves.
Southbound.
No. 35.
So. 37.
No. 11.
Daily
Daily.
Daily
Lv N Y., Pa li.
12 15 a
4 30 p
•’ Ph'di-lph'.tt
3 60u
G 66 p
“ Baltiinore.
6 22 a
9 20 p
“ Wash'ton.
11 IGn
10 46 p
Lv. Ri hmond.
Iff 01 n
11 00 |i
II 00 p
. .....a
Lv. Dniiville..
5 48 p
6 60 u
6 10a
...... *
Lv Norfolk. .
9 00 a
8 35 p
Ar Gre'tiaboro
6 35 p
6 16a
Lv. <4re’ngboro
7 lu p
7 06 a
7 37 *
Ar Charlotte
V 45 p
0 25a
12 06m
Lv Gastonia.
IU 42 p
10 07 ft
1 12 p
“ Kvog * Mt.
“ BI.-ii-kshurL-
11 26 p
10 45 ft
1 3hp
2 trip
" GntTney.
11 42{.
10 68 it
2 24 p
“ I-pnr'hurg .
12 2tiu
11 34 a
3 16 p
“ Green villa
1 80a
12 30 p
4 30 p
TTo^TT.
“ Central
6 42 p
“ Koneca . .
2 32 a
1 30 p
6 08p
J*:
“ W'lnln-ier
6 ’Ap
“ Tyeooa
3 28 u
2 15 n
T OOp
Lv Kl tier ton.
U 00 a
1 30 p
Ar. Rl tier ton.
11 4 5 «.
6 40 p
*
Lv. Mt Airy..
7 2ft p
ti Joa
“ Cornelia .
7 82 p
6 35 a
“ Lula ...
4 18 a
3 14 p
8 Oo p
4 67 a
“ GuiuMvillo
4 30 ft
3 33 p
8 20 p
7 20 u
“ Buford.
8 02 U
8 4* p
7 4ft t>
v Norcrosa.
& 26 ft
9 1ft p
8 27a
Ar. Atlanta.KT
6 IOh
4 66 p
10 OOp
fi 30-t
“ Atlanta,CT
6 10 a
V OOp
8 30 u
Lala and Athana.
Kx.
fcoo.
No. 18.
Dally.
STATIONS.
No. 18.
Daily.
No. 10.
Ex.
Sun.
n iup
# »4p
« 60 p
• 80 p
'Ifbte
11 06 a
11 34 a
11 62 a
_12 80 p
d ose o
Lv . Lula Ar
’• Maysville “
•’ Harmony “
Ar. Athena Lv
muec-llon mods
10 60 a
10 19 a
lu 03 a
6 26a
at Lu
T 86 p
7 OOp
6 88 p
4 OOp
la with
■tain line train,.
“A'* a rn. “p-’p. m. “M“ nooa. “N” night.
ChgttiipMke Line Ktcsinem in daily aarvice
Wwcun Kor'-dkaud lialtiiuore.
No* 87 ana 84—Daily Woeklafton and
(tou'hweatorn Vestibule Limited. Through
Fullmau Mleeplogcar* between New York and
New OrUuna, via Waehtngtoa. Atlanta and
Montgomery, and mIko between New York oad
MeinnMa, via Washington, Atlanta and iHr
mi»K>>ain. At** elegant Pum.mam Lisramt
OiiMitKVAf ion Car* between Atlanta and New
York KtrhU-laM thoroughfare couches be*
tween WaiihingtoB and Atlanta. Dining care
•orvc all men.* eu route. Leaving Wasting-
tngton Monday*, Wudueiidny* and Friday*
a tonrtvl Nli-aping car will run through between
Washington and K*s Francinoo without ehang*.
Pullman lira wine room ulecTiIng cars betwaeti
Greensboro and Norfolk. Close connectiba si
Norfolk for Oi.o Point Comport
No* 35 and 3ft—United State* Font Moil rnm*
•Olid between Washington and N,w Orleauu
via Southern Railway, A. 4t W. F B. B. an<&
L A N It. It., In-lug rotupoaod of cooiJhea,
through without chango for pnaaeugere of ol)
•la*He*. Pullman drawing room aleeptagoara
betwieu New Y'oikund New Grinaiia. via At
Unta av.j
ptt* eu
tj Montgomery and
u/J Atlanta, DUiing
between Char
car* serve all
M eel* mi route
No* li, 33. - 4 and IS'-Pullman uleeplng rara
beiweeu Utchii.ond and Charlotte, via Dan
ville. ftouthbooud Noe. li and M, northbound
os H4 and 12
RANK 8 GANNON. J.M.CULP.
Third V F A Gen. Mgr. T. M.. Waebtagtom
W. A. TURK. tt. U HARDWICK.
M y. A* AM—Mb.
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